The Filipino movie industry
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| Armida Siguion-Reyna |
Recent indie blockbuster starring Eugene Domingo “Ang Babae sa Septic Tank” has been voted to represent the Philippines in next year’s Oscar Foreign Language Film Category, and this early is touted to do better than Shamcey Supsup. The indies are alive and kicking, they say. As a friend forwarded on her cellphone: “2005 — mains 52 digital 1. 2006, — m45 d11. 2007 — m41 d 12. 2008 m33 d24. 2009 — m34 d 36. 2010 — m28 d45.”
That Greek to you? Let’s translate it from cell phone text language.
In 2005, 52 mainstream Filipino movies were produced. Mainstream movies refer to those made the conventional way using genre stories and romantic comedies galore, under the protection of a studio with a bigger budget for production and publicity, starring stars under contract of the studio or the TV network — given that these days, mainstream filmmaking has been completely coopted by ABS-CBN, GMA Network, and ABC-TV5 with a foot in the door. Only one digital movie was done in 2005..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110920com4.html
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